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thrown

[throhn]

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verb

a past participle of throw.

Related forms

un·thrown, adjective

well-thrown, adjective

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Example Sentences

There were also reports of rocks thrown from the crowd, breaking car windows.

It is all refined speech with some super refined references thrown in.

Climate change has already thrown ecosystems off balance, experts say.

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There were also reports of rocks thrown from the crowd, breaking car windows.

It is all refined speech with some super refined references thrown in.

Climate change has already thrown ecosystems off balance, experts say.

Basically its easier to see a reflection in a pond service if a stone hasn't been thrown in it.

One poor girl is transformed into a block of wood and thrown into a fire.

Urbanites should start with herbs in pots, especially since so often store-bought herbs get thrown away.

Yet they were thrown in prison not for a crime, but because of who they were.

Grad school can be a misanthrope's dream-until you're thrown out of the nest.

But recent policy setbacks have thrown further doubt on the country's long-term creditworthiness.

Within seconds buildings were shaking violently, and people were thrown to the floor.

According to the new simulation, the impactor would have thrown clear enough of the crust to leave a marked depression.

Budington, now in command, ordered everything thrown overboard.

Chips of orris root were once eaten to freshen the breath or thrown in the fire for fragrance.

Scientists have produced embryonic stem cells from embryos that would otherwise be thrown away.

The other apparently was hit by another vehicle after being thrown from the van.

Three years later the government was thrown out in another coup.

Energy-efficient light bulbs cannot be thrown into the regular trash.

The crater seems to have thrown a layer of bright, fresh ice onto a darkened region.

At the last second the ball is caught and thrown to its death in a vat of boiling bear grease.

Leave the windows thrown open to catch the nighttime chorus of crickets and the river's constant, gentle whoosh.

Let me model the motion of two balls attached by a string as it is thrown in the air.

Kids are getting a lot of fastballs and curves thrown at them these days in the admissions.

In a factory it might mean that a component has to be thrown into the scrap bin.

Some of these occurred only in mixed-lineage tigers, which are currently thrown out of breeding programs when discovered.

The molten mantle thrown into orbit after the catastrophic lunar-forming impact quickly coalesced into our moon.

Oil from the open crankshaft jetting up in his face, a hurricane of dirt thrown up on his skidding turns.

Here ? is the angle left or right of the target and ? is the angle the ball is thrown above the horizontal.

They were all murdered, cut to pieces, and thrown in the streets in closed boxes.

The corpses are dragged out of the pit by ropes, thrown on the ground outside the house and then reburied in trenches.

They figured out how to catch large fish and hunt more aggressively, and they developed weapons that could be thrown.

Instead, it was thrown into space in a single eruption.

And now that digital technology has been thrown into the mix, that's only going to ratchet up.

The fact that an increasing number of medications are unable to beat sugar pills has thrown the industry into crisis.

It's thrown together, incoherent, drowning in outdated jargon and pretentious quotes in obscure languages.

The dust thrown up would obscure the sun for months, leading to large-scale crop failure.

And my indefatigable guides scoured antique shops with me to salvage letters that might eventually have been thrown away.

Further scrutiny has also thrown cold water on many of the transdifferentiation claims for other types of adult stem cells.

SO some of the stuff witing to get in gets thrown out.

Baseball managers have always found creative ways to get themselves thrown out of games.

Doctors said scores of people sustained broken bones simply by being thrown to the ground.

Last summer, seven park rangers took shrapnel when a grenade was thrown from the bushes after raiding a logging camp.

The demise of large animals has thrown entire ecosystems out of balance.

We jazzed up our breakfast oatmeal with handfuls of trail mix thrown in.

As an op-ed, it should have been thrown out at first glance.

Diplomacy, in the meantime, was thrown into disarray.

Take an good hard look at the incantations thrown around by the boy wizard and his pals.

But being thrown through a car windscreen is a good deal less healthy than that.

The telecoms industry will be thrown open to foreigners.

It has thrown the country's once-promising mining industry into disarray.

Toshiba is expecting to pay only about half that amount, as many of the machines have aready been thrown out.

Many were killed with sledgehammers and then thrown down a well.

Businesses closed, buses stopped and roadblocks were thrown up across city streets and in some rural areas.

Hedge funds have latched on to the opportunity for arbitrage this has thrown up.

Suddenly, stasis and convention were thrown out of the window.

Thrown bags of food, the survivors were too weak to open them.

Sammis of this place was thrown from his auto and impaled upon a.

The cheaper food is, the more likely it is to be thrown away even before it is sold to someone who might actually eat.

When supper is over, the floor is thrown open for guests.

It was thrown up quickly in little more than a year, and many of the buildings were made with a mixture of hemp and plaster.

We've vetted, tested, and rated a shoe for every type-and thrown in our top apparel picks to prep you for a proper send-off.

Archaeologists discovered the slate among other objects thrown into the well by the colonists.

Emick was thrown out and a barrel of apples and other articles in the buggy were scattered along the road.

The university has thrown the thing back to the dept to handle.

As a result, the debris thrown up by the impact did not settle evenly around the crater, but fell in uneven clumps.

Come fall, they may be thrown overboard for frilly blouses, cinched.

If they never work in groups and then suddenly have peer review thrown at them, it's an unmitigated disaster.

In some cantons you have to pay stamps for bin bags to discourage too much rubbish from being thrown away.

Qualitative research is the baby that should not be thrown out with the bathwater.

The jagged spikes in the new pictures appear to be made from ice and rock thrown up by meteorite impacts billions of years ago.

Because of the federal grant money involved she got thrown in jail.

Financial markets were initially thrown by the data.

In a moment, it will be thrown into the fire and burned to make a sword.

But that timing is getting thrown off-by streetlamps.

Four years later he was rescued and thrown a lavish homecoming party.

Rates were low and the phone was thrown in free for journalists.

The problem with k-12 education is more severe than the dollars that have been thrown at it over the years.

Spinners need a contortionist's fingers, not the athleticism of a fast bowler, which is why it has thrown up some unlikely heroes.

The observation of an unexpected nuclear reaction by an unstable isotope of the element mercury has thrown up a rare puzzle.

Sometimes, they played with phosphorus-laden dirt that exploded with a crackle when lumps of it were thrown to the ground.

Teaching is primarily an art, with a bit of basic science thrown in as a foundation.

After his first jump, the item is thrown away, signifying he is no longer a child.

Having a rock being thrown off a cliff with carelessness and the disregard of its tragic consequences is criminal.

And in both modes you're batting against the slowest balls ever thrown.

Calculations of financial ratios can be thrown out by wild currency movements, potentially triggering breaches of loan covenants.

The dark spots and fans are dust thrown up by the geysers, while the spiders are the actual eruption sites, the scientists write.

What makes you think that pebbles being thrown into pond won't create ripples.

He was thrown against a stone wall that ripped his right arm off cleanly at the shoulder.

If you've ever thrown your fist at one you'll know a mistimed hit garners no applause.

Whips can crack even when thrown slowly and the acceleration is still incredible towards the end.

Just press the controller button that corresponds with the base and it is thrown correctly and caught.

In fact, many times the outliers get thrown out to better make sense of the data.

In doing so, it may have thrown a spanner into the works of the world's computer models of the climate.

Product packaging is designed to be eye-catching, communicative, and enticing-and then it's thrown away.

Why dont you send down a robotic vessel and see how far it gets thrown back by the pressure.

Basically, it means that some audio data is thrown out during the process of creating the compressed file.

Most of this conversation is useless, as it is mostly opinion and emotion, with a few factoids thrown in.

They had grown up on neighboring farms, thrown together by matchmaking sisters.

Houses, people and cattle are thrown above the earth and in the air faster than a cannonball shoot out from a cannon.

As the spin cycle begins, the ball is thrown against the side of the washer with a great deal of force.

Plattenbauten, the soulless prefabricated apartment blocks thrown up by the region's former communist.

Entertain children on rainy days with crafts that repurpose items that would otherwise be thrown away.

Established battlefield tactics and, sometimes strategies, are always defined and redefined at the moment the spear is thrown.

The man who keeps files on opponents and friends alike has not thrown his weight behind doomed causes.

The quiz papers were unnumbered and thus appeared to be untraceable, and were thrown away at the end of the study.

These fish are caught, their fins are cut off to be sold and the rest of their bodies are thrown back into the sea.

Jesse writes his scientific stuff with a sense of humor thrown in.

They cannot be thrown away, but only a tiny fraction can be put on display.

Often the dying ones and the ones too sick to move or talk were taken for dead and thrown on the piled corpses".

Everything they use is either reused or recycled, and nothing gets thrown out.

In hospitals, modesty is often thrown to the wind as treatments are carried out in full view of milling crowds.

He said many of the pig bones they found had been thrown away half-eaten.

If not then how is it decided which parts of brain function are thrown away to neuroplastically recover the dead areas.

On average fully half of the animals caught on long lines can't be sold and are thrown away-manta rays, sea lions, sea birds.

Only after a public outcry were the detentions stopped and the cases thrown out by local government order.

The ceremonial vessels used in the drinking ritual were thrown into the flames.

In their efforts to stem the financial crisis, governments have thrown money at everything, including housing.

Unusable or unsalable parts of the snake are thrown into barrels below a metal countertop.

In the case of coffee, the biodiesel is made from the leftover grounds, which would otherwise be thrown away or used as compost.

The bear containers had been scuffed and thrown around.

It will almost certainly get you thrown out of any photo club contest.

Some have thrown hand grenades during public speeches.

The people on the floats must have thrown thousands of those things since then.

Evidence of the invasive nature of our species thrown up on the beach.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object)

to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.

to hurl or project (a missile), as a gun does.

to project or cast (light, a shadow, etc.).

to project (the voice).

to make it appear that one's voice is coming from a place different from its source, as in ventriloquism.

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to direct or send forth (words, a glance, etc.).

to put or cause to go or come into some place, position, condition, etc., as if by hurling: to throw someone into prison; to throw a bridge across a river; to throw troops into action.

to put on, off, or away hastily: to throw a shawl over one's shoulders.

Machinery.

to move (a lever or the like) in order to activate, turn on, disconnect, etc., an apparatus or mechanism: to throw the switch.

to connect, engage, disconnect, or disengage by such a procedure: to throw the current.

10.

to shape on a potter's wheel: to throw a vase.

11.

to bring to bear or invest: Throw all your energy into your work. The FBI threw every available agent into the case.

12.

to deliver a blow or punch: He threw a hard left jab to his opponent's chin.

13.

to cause to fall to the ground, especially to hurl to the ground, as an opponent in wrestling.

14.

Cards. to play (a card).

15.

to lose (a game, race, or other contest) intentionally, as for a bribe.

16.

to cast (dice).

17.

to make (a cast) at dice: She threw two sixes.

18.

(of an animal, as a horse) to cause (someone) to fall off; unseat: The horse threw his rider twice.

19.

to give or host: They threw a lavish party celebrating his 80th birthday.

20.

(of domestic animals) to bring forth (young).

21.

Textiles. to twist (filaments) without attenuation in the production of yarn or thread.

22.

Informal. to overcome with astonishment or confusion; amaze, disconcert, or confuse: It was her falsetto voice on top of it all that really threw me.

23.

to turn on a lathe.

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verb (used without object)

24.

to cast, fling, or hurl a missile or the like.

noun

25.

an act or instance of throwing or casting; cast; fling.

26.

the distance to which anything is or may be thrown: a stone's throw.

27.

Informal. a venture or chance: It was his last throw.

28.

Machinery.

the distance between the center of a crankshaft and the center of the crankpins, equal to one half of the piston stroke.

the distance between the center of a crankshaft and the center of an eccentric.

the movement of a reciprocating part in one direction.

29.

(in a motion-picture theater) the distance between the projector and the screen.

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30.

(in an auditorium or the like) the distance between a loudspeaker and the audience.

31.

the length of a beam of light: a spotlight with a throw of 500 feet.

32.

a scarf, boa, shawl, or the like.

33.

Theater.

the distance to which a spotlight can be projected.

the area illuminated by a spotlight.

34.

a light blanket, as for use when reclining on a sofa; afghan.

35.

a cast of dice.

36.

the number thrown with a pair of dice.

37.

Wrestling. the act, method, or an instance of throwing an opponent.

38.

Geology, Mining. the amount of vertical displacement produced by a fault.

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Verb phrases

39.

throw away,

to dispose of; discard.

to employ wastefully; squander.

to fail to use; miss (a chance, opportunity, etc.): He threw away a college education and a professional career.

40.

throw back,

to retard the development or advancement of: His illness threw him back a year at school.

to force into dependence upon or necessary use of.

to return to; hark back.

to revert to a type found in one's ancestry; manifest atavism: Her red hair and blue eyes throw back to her great-grandmother.

41.

throw in, Informal.

to add as a bonus or gratuity: They throw in breakfast with the room.

to bring into (a discussion, plan, etc.) as an addition; interject: The president threw in an amusing anecdote to relieve the tension.

Cards. to abandon (a hand).

42.

throw off,

to free oneself of; cast aside: to throw off the wet poncho; to throw off the yoke of slavery.

to escape from or delay, as a pursuer.

to give off; discharge.

to perform or produce with ease: The entertainer threw off a few songs and jokes to begin the show.

to confuse; fluster: Thrown off by jeers, she forgot her lines.

Australian Slang. to criticize or ridicule (usually followed by at).

43.

throw out,

to cast away; remove; discard.

to bring up for consideration; propose: The committee threw out a few suggestions.

to put out of mind; reject: We can throw out that scheme.

Baseball. to cause to be out by throwing the ball to a fielder, especially an infielder, in time to prevent a batter or runner from reaching base safely: The shortstop backhanded the ball and threw the batter out at first.

to eject from a place, especially forcibly: He started making a disturbance so the bartenders threw him out.

to expel, as from membership in a club.

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44.

throw over, to forsake; abandon: She threw over her first husband for another man.

45.

throw together,

to make in a hurried and haphazard manner.

to cause to associate: Many nationalities have been thrown together in the American melting pot.

46.

throw up,

to give up; relinquish.

to build hastily.

to vomit.

to point out, as an error; criticize.

(of a hawk) to fly suddenly upward.

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Idioms

47.

a throw, Informal. each: He ordered four suits at $300 a throw.

48.

throw cold water on. cold (def. 28).

49.

throw down the gauntlet/glove. gauntlet¹ (def. 5).

50.

throw in the sponge. sponge (def. 11).

51.

throw in the towel. towel (def. 3).

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52.

throw oneself at (someone)/(someone's head), to strive to attract the interest or attention of, especially in order to win the love or admiration of: Don't expect me to throw myself at you.

53.

throw oneself into, to engage in with energy or enthusiasm: She threw herself into learning the new routines.

54.

throw oneself on/upon (someone), to commit oneself to another's mercy, generosity, support, etc.; trust in: The members of his wife's family have all thrown themselves on him.

55.

throw out the baby with the bathwater. bathwater (def. 2).

56.

throw the bull. bull³ (def. 2).

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Origin:
before 1000; Middle English throwen, thrawen (v.), Old English thrāwan to twist, turn; cognate with Dutch draaien, German drehen to turn, spin, twirl, whirl; akin to Latin terere, Greek teírein to rub away

Related forms

mis·throw, verb, -threw, -thrown, -throw·ing.

Can be confused: throe, throw (see synonym note at the current entry).

Synonyms
1. fling, launch, send. Throw, cast, pitch, toss imply projecting something through the air. Throw is the general word, often used with an adverb that indicates direction, destination, etc.: to throw a rope to someone, the paper away. Cast is a formal word for throw, archaic except as used in certain idiomatic expressions (to cast a net, black looks; cast down; the compound broadcast, etc.): to cast off a boat. Pitch implies throwing with some force and definite aim: to pitch a baseball. To toss is to throw lightly, as with an underhand or sidewise motion, or to move irregularly up and down or back and forth: to toss a bone to a dog.

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World English Dictionary

thrown (θrəʊn)

—vb
	the past participle of throw

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Word Origin & History

throw

"to project, propel," c.1300, from O.E. þrawan "to twist, turn writhe" (pt. þreow, pp. þrawen), from P.Gmc. *thræ- (cf. O.S. thraian, M.Du. dræyen, Du. draaien, O.H.G. draen, Ger. drehen "to turn, twist;" not found in Scand. or Gothic), from PIE *tere- "to rub, turn, rub

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by turning, bore" (cf. Skt. turah "wounded, hurt," Gk. teirein "to rub, rub away," L. terere "to rub, thresh, grind, wear away," O.C.S. tiro "to rub," Lith. trinu "to rub," O.Ir. tarathar "borer," Welsh taraw "to strike"). Not the usual O.E. word for "to throw" (weorpan, related to warp was common in this sense). The sense evolution may be via the notion of whirling a missile before throwing it. The sense of "put by force" (e.g. throw in jail) is first recorded 1560; that of "to confuse, flabbergast" is from 1844; that of "lose deliberately" is from 1868. To throw the book at (someone) is 1932, from notion of judge sentencing a criminal from a law book full of possible punishments. To throw (one's) hat in the ring "issue a challenge," esp. to announce one's candidacy, first recorded 1917. To throw up "vomit" is first recorded 1732.

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Slang Dictionary

throw definition

n.
a try; a time. : Have another throw at it, why don't you?
tv.
to confuse someone. : The question really threw me.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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